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Put a Muzzle on My Ghazals
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) This month, our Poetry Princess challenge was the ghazal. To be honest, I’m not a fan. My first attempt came out whiny. I know people are tired of hearing about how much I hate hot weather! But we’ve got a lot going on–kind
Thank You! A Virtual Author Visit
My most recent author visit was with Pipestone Elementary School. I had such a wonderful virtual time with them. We talked and moved and wrote and connected. I was so tickled to get a lovely packet from Marcy Schmitke, the school librarian. I love how each grade level was inspired by the session we did.
Imagine…, a Poetryaction to Milo Imagines the World
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I read Milo Imagines the World last week. It’s all about the assumptions we make about other people, and also about re-imagining the world for ourselves. This made me daydream about what would be an idyllic day, and I decided to do a poetryaction draft.
Weathering Weather at LitLinks
Author Patricia Newman has such an extensive collection of great LitLinks posts, all connecting books, science, and language arts. What a great gift for teachers! I’ve shared activities there before for Snowman-Cold=Puddle and If You Want to Knit Some Mittens. Today I have a new post up there about weather! I’m sharing about weather journals
Iris, Rainbow, and a National Poetry Month Link Roundup
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Friends, if you submit your poems for grown-ups to online or print journals, would you share your favorite markets or your favorite place to find poetry markets in the Comments? My adult daughter is interested in starting to submit her poetry. Thank you! It’s funny
Legit KidLit — A Fun Video to Play for Your Class
Hi teachers, it’s good to be back! I shared this Legit KidLit video once before, but it might have gotten lost in the frenzy of National Poetry Month and book launch celebrations. I think this is an awesome video to have on hand to play in your classroom during this last month or so of
Day 30: The Problem with Monkeys
Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here. [Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ] This is it! The final day of National Poetry Month!
Day 29: A Dog Will Be a Dog
Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here. [Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ] There’s something about dogs that just draws them to the
Day 28: The Moon Is a Silent Cymbal
Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here. [Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ] The dragon must’ve exhausted me, because I immediately picked rest
Day 27: Smaug Returns
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Well, friends, I’ve totally dropped the ball. We’ve been dealing with a lot of things at my home this month, both wonderful and not wonderful. And I not only missed my live writing call with my Poetry Sisters, I didn’t even write our poem this
Day 26: Balloon Dance
Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here. [Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ] I like strong weather–storms, wind, rain, lightning. At first, I
Day 25: The Nature of Leopards
Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here. [Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ] It’s a second guest-poem by my sister Patty! She SO
Day 24: The Ghost, Alone
Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here. [Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ] There were a lot of dark and struggling words in
Day 23: First Steps
Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here. [Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ] Heading into the final week of National Poetry Month, I’m
Day 22: Out of the Smoke
Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here. [Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ] My sister Patty wrote today’s poem! She’s a retired elementary
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Go to my Poetry page for:
- National Poetry Month projects through the years
- Small Reads Roundups (poems grouped by topic)
- Introductions to several favorite poetry forms